Explicit and exact solutions to a Kolmogorov-Petrovskii-Piskunov equation

International Journal of Non-Linear Mechanics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 329-338

  Ma, W X ^a,b   Fuchssteiner, B ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; NONLINEAR EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BACKLUND TRANSFORMATIONS; COLE HOPF TRANSFORMATION; KOLMOGOROV-PETROVSKII-PISKUNOV EQUATION;

DYNAMICS;

EID: 0030145528     PISSN: 00207462     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0020-7462(95)00064-X     Document Type: Article

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